Automatic Tape-Editing Equipment

The need for automatically combining fragmentary telemetry tape records into one complete over-all composite record is discussed. The over-all organization of a tape-editing system is broken down into its two main functions: 1) synchronizing the tape transports, 2) measuring the excellence of the tape signals and then carrying out the diversity combination of these signals to form a new edited record. The problems associated with each function are discussed, and conclusions are reached regarding the final form of a tape editor. Finally, a practical tape editor system illustrating these conclusions is described.